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In view of the latest situation in the Maldives, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Tuesday issued an amber Outbound Travel Alert (OTA) for those intending to visit the country.

A passenger who was flying from London to New York is facing a federal criminal charge after he allegedly placed his hand up the skirt of a flight attendant and “grabbed her genital area” and “began to run his fingers back and forth,” according to an FBI agent.

Dawdling JFK Airport security waited 40 minutes before calling cops after a man told a ticket agent that he was Usama bin Laden and was carrying a bomb, furious law enforcement officials said Tuesday.

It’s 4 p.m. on a Friday in an unfamiliar city. It’s been a struggle to communicate with taxi drivers, and you’re always pretty sure that you’re heading in the wrong direction. You’ve had to work all week, scheduling meetings in corporate towers and engaging in enough small talk to last you a lifetime. Now, back in your hotel, all you want is to collapse into a wingback chair, and eat some freshly baked scones with clotted cream while someone in formal attire sneaks up beside you to silently pour some hot Orange Pekoe into a real china cup.

Mongolia just got a little bit closer to Hong Kong, partly thanks to the city’s banking community. MIAT Mongolian Airlines says it will start flying direct from Hong Kong to Ulan Bataar. The new schedule—with flights Thursday and Sunday—will go into effect June 2.

A Hong Kong airline is making all its cabin crew take kung fu lessons to help them to deal with drunk and unruly passengers. Hong Kong Airlines said all staff had been invited to undergo training in wing chun -- a form of kung fu used in close-range combat -- but it was only compulsory for cabin crew, the Sunday Morning Post reported.

The FAA confirmed on Monday that a local air traffic controller has been suspended while an investigation is underway into troubles that happened during the early morning hours on Sunday. The information was reported first on Fox 8 News and FOX8.com.

In the wake of several recent instances of air traffic controllers sleeping on the job, the Federal Aviation Administration is promising a "top-to-bottom review" of current policies, though some scientists say controlled naps are just what tired workers need.